HFC in the News

The latest press covering the Healthy Fats Coalition initiatives.

Spring Forward, Fat Back: Healthy Fats Coalition and the NTA Celebrate March 21 as the 2nd Annual National Healthy Fats Day

Under the auspices of the Healthy Fats Coalition (HFC) and coinciding with the arrival of spring, March 21 marks the second annual National Healthy Fats Day, a celebration of traditional healthy animal fats – pure lard, beef tallow, duck fat, goose fat and the like – that are enjoying a resurgence within America’s food culture, in restaurants, fast food operations and home kitchens. 

Celebrating Lard and Natural Animal Fats

I’ve just joined Healthy Fats Coalition in time to celebrate the first annual National Lard Day, a celebration of pure lard, a traditional, authentic animal fat that is now enjoying a resurgence within America’s food culture and in home kitchens.

Healthy Fats Coalition Welcomes New Supporters

Welcoming to its ranks a trio of ghee suppliers, the world’s only duck fat spray company, a leading provider of goose products and EPIC Provisions, among others, the Healthy Fats Coalition announced its latest group of supporters. The HFC is a new educational initiative dedicated to embracing healthy fats as an essential part of a balanced diet. With today’s announcement of seven additions to its roster, the HFC is now 26 strong.

National Healthy Fats Day

Under the auspices of the Healthy Fats Coalition and coinciding with the arrival of spring, March 21 will mark the first annual National Healthy Fats Day, a celebration of traditional healthy animal fats – pure lard, beef tallow, duck fat, goose fat and the like – that are now enjoying a resurgence within America’s food culture, in restaurants, fast food operations and home kitchens.

Healthy Fats Coalition Adds Nutritional Therapy Association To Roster of Supporters

In a major endorsement of its mission to advocate for healthy fats as an essential part of a balanced diet, the Healthy Fats Coalition (HFC – http://www.healthyfatscoalition.org/) today announced that the Nutritional Therapy Association (NTA) has joined the growing roster of individuals and organizations supporting the Coalition.

Healthy fats coalition adds new members

Opening its umbrella to cover an eclectic new group of supporting organizations, the Healthy Fats Coalition welcomed to its ranks a chef, a pig farmer, a doctor, a camel milk producer and a holistic nutritionist, among others. The HFC is a new educational initiative dedicated embracing healthy fats as an essential part of a balanced diet.

Food Formulation Trends: Oils and Fats

Several factors are contributing to the change in the dietary fats and oils landscape in the United States. Chief among them is the growing tendency to place less blame on dietary fat for America’s health woes and a growing recognition that certain fats and oils can make positive health contributions. Related to this, there is much greater awareness that people eat real foods and ingredients, not the nutritional constituents that get listed on the Nutrition Facts panel. The Healthy Fats Coalition is included in this report.

The Healthy Fats Coalition – It’s About Time

As the saying goes, “nature doesn’t make bad fats… factories do.” In that spirit, a group of like-minded organizations, companies and individuals – led by Coast Packing Company — has formed the Healthy Fats Coalition. This new awareness campaign is dedicated to the idea that healthy fats aren’t merely having a moment – they’re here to stay.  The HFC reflects the marked change in what Americans think about the benefits of healthy, minimally-processed animal fats...

Healthy Fats Coalition Aims to Fight Stigma Through Education

The newly created Healthy Fats Coalition wants the food industry to stop trimming fat from conversations about American consumers’ health. The new education initiative seeks to spread information about how animal fats can be part of a balanced diet. HFC plans to use news stories, social media, opinion surveys and local events to achieve this goal. Coast Packing Company (CPC), a leading supplier of animal fat shortenings in the western U.S., took the lead in organizing and funding the HFC...

Healthy Fats Coalition formed in bid to foster enlightened conversation about the food we eat

A group of like-minded organizations, companies and individuals have formed the Healthy Fats Coalition, a new educational initiative dedicated to the proposition that healthy fats aren’t merely having a moment – they’re here to stay, as an essential part of the American diet. As an awareness campaign, the Healthy Fats Coalition reflects the marked change in what Americans think about the health benefits of healthy, minimally-processed animal fats...

Healthy Fats Coalition Formed 

A group of like-minded organizations and companies formed the Healthy Fats Coalition, an educational initiative and awareness campaign with a mission “to affirm that animal fats deserve a central place in the American diet and in the popular imagination.” Coast Packing Company, a supplier of animal fat shortenings, took the lead in forming HFC, but the members include other retailers and manufacturers such as Fatworks...

The HEALTHY FATS COALITION comes to life

A group of like-minded organizations, companies, and individuals formed the Healthy Fats Coalition, a new educational initiative dedicated to the proposition that healthy fats aren’t merely having a moment—they’re here to stay, as an essential part of the American diet. As an awareness campaign, the Healthy Fats Coalition reflects the marked change in what Americans think about the health benefits of healthy, minimally processed animal fats...